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RIB Less Cables

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brodied

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G'Day Folks,

We currently using a borrowed RIB to program our HT-1000's & Visars. The owner is posted and is taking his RIB with him.

My question is if anyone has purchased/used the RIB Less cables and what sort of sucess you have had with them? We are looking at purchasing them vice a RIB in order to keep costs down.

Thanks for your time

Brodie
 

zz0468

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The success rate of 3rd party ribless cables is a mixed bag... some people will say they work fine. Others have problems. It get's down to issues like the specific computer being used for programming, and the circuitry in the cable - see, they're not really ribless. The rib is built into the cable. So, you could get one and it might work just fine.

Or, you could end up like this guy:

http://www.radioreference.com/forum...76-xts5000-programming-error.html#post1068772
 

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Good thing the one i ordered work just fine but i wish i got the real RIB box but i settled for the one i got...
 
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